1, Shaanxi is called "Shaanxi" or "Qin" for short. Xi, the provincial capital, is located in the northwest hinterland of China, bordering Shanxi and Henan in the east, Ningxia and Gansu in the west, Sichuan, Chongqing and Hubei in the south and Inner Mongolia in the north.
2.Xi 'an, formerly known as Chang 'an and Haojing, is the capital of Shaanxi, a sub-provincial city, the core city of Guanzhong Plain urban agglomeration, the starting point city of the Silk Road, the core area of the Belt and Road, and an important central city in western China.
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1.Xi 'an is one of the cities where universities and research institutes gather in China, and the number of students in the school is second only to Beijing and Shanghai, ranking third in the country. It is the city with the largest density of colleges and universities and the largest number of people receiving higher education in China, and one of the three major educational and scientific research centers in China.
2. Shanxi dialect in northern Shaanxi contains rich dialect resources. Shanxi dialect in northern Shaanxi is significantly different from the adjacent Central Plains Mandarin in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar, showing unique regional characteristics.
3.Xi is the economic, cultural and commercial center of the Silk Road Economic Belt, the largest city in the New Eurasian Continental Bridge and the Yellow River Basin, one of the four ancient capitals in China, and one of the top ten ancient capitals in the world selected by the American media.
4.Xi is the first batch of excellent tourist cities in China, and its cultural remains are characterized by high resource density, good preservation and high level. In China 155 basic types of tourism resources, Xi tourism resources account for 89.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia _ Shaanxi Baidu encyclopedia _ Xi 'an